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Smell of petrol outside the car

  • 19-05-2010 7:24pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭


    I've noticed there's been a pretty strong smell of petrol outside of the car when I turn the car on. Is this something I should be worried about

    Forgot to say no signs of leakage from the exhaust.


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    It most certainly is. Don't drive the car until you've had it checked out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,187 ✭✭✭pcardin


    Probably the main pipe (the one which goes from filling cup to the tank) has a small crack. Lift the car and check it. You should see it. Leakage would be very minor but smell of the petrol is strong.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭breakfast roll


    it's weird, just started the car there and let it run for a few minutes but no sign of smell, maybe because I didn't drive it, just revved the engine up??

    it seems to happen sometimes and not others?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    Many years ago I had a smell of petrol from an old 1992 Opel Corsa.
    I'd stop the car, check around but not see anything amiss.

    Eventually, I opened the bonnet and started the engine, and a thin stream of petrol was spraying out of a perished rubber hose leading into the engine.
    Seriously dangerous.

    Next part was one of those "never do that again" lessons.
    The leak was just an inch away from the hose clip, so I cut the leaky section off and reattached it. So far so good. Although there was a slight stretch in the hose to attach it.

    Fast forward one week, I get home, start the engine and it explodes !
    Okay, slight exaggeration... big bang then a slow fire destroyed the car.
    But it was nearly like an assassination attempt, turn the ignition and BANG !
    If it happened while I was on the motorway it wouldn't have ended well.

    So the lesson kids is fuel leaks and surgery on small animals should never fall under the DIY category !

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭shamwari


    Funny someone should mention a Corsa. I was once asked to look at a Corsa B which had a varying smells of petrol around the filler neck that wouldn't go away. The fuel cap was replaced without making any difference, however the cause was soon found underneath the car. The fuel filter was a metal in-line type located alongside the right rear chassis rail, and it appears as though it had never been replaced. It had rotted through and was starting to leak.

    Not only did a replacement filter cure the whiff of petrol and improve mpg, the owner remarked that the car had much more poke! Clearly the filter must have been clogged as well as corroded.

    In the interests of safety, I strongly recommend that the OP gets his issue looked at ASAP.


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